Brief Life History of Isaïe
When Isaïe Bessette was born on 20 March 1837, in Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir, Rouville, Quebec, Canada, his father, Isaac Bessette, was 30 and his mother, Clotilde Foisy, was 23. He married Salomée Cadoret on 8 August 1864, in Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 6 October 1920, in Richford, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in All Saints Catholic Cemetery, Richford, Franklin, Vermont, United States.
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Family Time Line
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- Isiah Besette, "United States Census, 1920"
- Isaie Bessette en el registro de Edmond Gagnon y Lena Bessette, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Isaie Bessette, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848
Oldest grave seen in the Memorials list.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Marcel, Armand, Adrien, Normand, Alphonse, Lucien, Cecile, Herve, Jacques, Laurent, Aime.
French: topographic name designating a small wood of birches, from Occitan bès ‘birch tree’ (see Besse ), or a habitational name from (La) Bessette, the name of several places in the southern part of France.
Alternatively, an altered form of French Besset: topographic name, a cognate of 1 above. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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